Kanpur

As many as 8,000 villagers came together to host this perfect affair in a bid to promote togetherness.

Started by a hardworking team of Japanese and Indian sonar engineers, this unique initiative is helping in the conservation of River Ganga's most elusive inhabitant and India's national aquatic animal, the Gangetic Dolphin.

Cleaning river Ganga is no simple task and has been the objective of many activists, environmentalists and politicians. Amid various attempts and campaigns, here's how three upcoming startups founded by young innovative Indians are working to clean up India's national river.

Shivangi went from selling newspapers in Kanpur to studying at IIT Roorkee after she joined Anand Kumar's successful Super 30 coaching centre.

Palak Gaur, a 19-year-old resident of Kanpur has decided to improve the sanitation facilities in her village single-handedly. This is how she is doing it.

In order to reduce the dependence of engineering aspirants on coaching centres and to reach students in rural India, professors from IITs across the country will soon provide coaching classes through four DTH channels.

Shahrukh is a young boy who bears the burden of supporting his family, while also giving hope for a better future to the children of his community.

A farmer from Chahnehra village in Banda, Uttar Pradesh, invented a low cost, simple ploughing machine from an old cycle. It costs only Rs 3000 and requires no fuel, unlike regular ploughs that start at Rs 20,000, requiring fuel or bullock.

The boys had to drop out of school because their father was ill and out of a job; he could not pay their fees. They wrote to the PM for help. Here's what happened.

Two friends in Kanpur were shocked by the amount of flowers that are dumped into the Ganges every single day, choking the river with pesticides and chemical fertilisers. They started collecting the flowers from temples and mosques in the city, and turned them into some brilliant eco-friendly products.